I've sharpened a manix 2 in 110v with out any trouble. The edge just came out with less bite than I like. Next time I'm gonna use medium stone only and strop very little.
My 2 cents- buy some ceramic rods and get the edge back with them. Can be done quickly and they take up alot less space with the benefit of sharpening more blade profiles. I even would recommend buying a diamond rod like lansky uses with their crock sticks when you need to put on a brand new edge if you have a recurve in hard steel. Ceramics have been my favorite sharpeners for a while now and have really saved my blades along with decades of experience and lessons learned. Hone/maintain an edge after several uses and only really sharpen when absolutely necessary. Had I had that mentality 30 yrs ago some of my favorite no longer available knives would still have most of their original shape. Not saying rods are the only thing to own cause I have many stones just saying it might be more convenient and fast for others like it is me. My favorite sharpeners are a synthetic (carborundum) stone that came with a smith's set 20+ yrs ago and a piece of ceramic that belonged to my father in law before he passed yrs ago. I have no idea what the ceramic rod was used on/in but I have found no other it's equal and I own many.
Hey you can try using oil too, helps a ton with the clogging/loading. Your eraser trick is also a great solution. Once oiled the eraser wont work so well, gums up the eraser untill you erase the surface oil.
Spyderco recommends cleaning it with Comet and a SOS pad and water. Oil greatly reduces the performance of the stone on these particular stones the manufacturer does not recommend using oil
@@AaronJohnson1979 I found the opposite to be true. I can grind heavily and for a long time without clogging the stone as long as I use oil. If I don't use oil it's like I'm using the knife to paint the stone black and it glazes almost instantly.
Just ordered mine , hope its worth all the cash, i use a dmd pocket diamond and fine ceramic mainly for the ceramic, so i hope ther is a quality differnce in the ceramic anyway lol
How much did that double stuff cost? I would love to have one. Ive been using my dads ceramic rod he had all dirty with metal, I’m sure he’d like it back now that I showed him how to clean it lol.
The doublestuff is kinda expensive at 30-40 bucks. The spyderco ceramic rods are $10 each. Ebay has some edge pro stones that are like $4 and at least the red 3000 grit one is ceramic. The doublestuff is an amazing stone but way overpriced. I love almost everything about it except the price.
Got to say, your forward stroke looks ok, but pulling towards yourself I can see your not always contacting the stone at the belly & tip. The lift and turn is not going through to finality as well as the forward stroke. I can see the shadow under the blade. ATB. Pete.
You may be right. My skills for sharpening the tip on certain knife shapes still needs improving. I think i might have even mentioned that in the video. I often will have to spend a little more time focusing on just the tip to get the edge to my satisfaction. i do a better job on the tip with my benchmade valet and spyderco delica and sage 3. I think the larger belly of the zt 0450n plays a role. I hardly ever sharpen the zt because i basically do not use it. Although 0450 blade looks nice, I am just not a big fan of the blade shape for edc use. The 940-1 on the other hand is a completely different story. I think the 940-1 may easily qualify as one of the top 3 production folding knives of all time. Thanks for the comment.
I'm just gonna get mine sharpened by a pro. I sharpen my EDCs under 100 bucks myself but everything above that is gonna be done by a pro. I have a CPM 125V and a CPM s35vn and a few more normal steels and those knives are too expensive and or difficult for me but thanks for the video.
Joonha Shcal if you can sharpen your cheaper knives you can sharpen s35vn too. It's only marginally more difficult. The same sharpening techniques apply.
Using the Double Stuff as a bench stone would make me feel like a giant who sneaked into a regular person's house. So that's definitely happening.
I hold it in my hand, just make sure your fingertips aren't above the stone anywhere.
I've sharpened a manix 2 in 110v with out any trouble. The edge just came out with less bite than I like. Next time I'm gonna use medium stone only and strop very little.
Helpful video, it really helped me. Thanks.
My 2 cents- buy some ceramic rods and get the edge back with them. Can be done quickly and they take up alot less space with the benefit of sharpening more blade profiles. I even would recommend buying a diamond rod like lansky uses with their crock sticks when you need to put on a brand new edge if you have a recurve in hard steel. Ceramics have been my favorite sharpeners for a while now and have really saved my blades along with decades of experience and lessons learned. Hone/maintain an edge after several uses and only really sharpen when absolutely necessary. Had I had that mentality 30 yrs ago some of my favorite no longer available knives would still have most of their original shape. Not saying rods are the only thing to own cause I have many stones just saying it might be more convenient and fast for others like it is me.
My favorite sharpeners are a synthetic (carborundum) stone that came with a smith's set 20+ yrs ago and a piece of ceramic that belonged to my father in law before he passed yrs ago. I have no idea what the ceramic rod was used on/in but I have found no other it's equal and I own many.
How much is that
Hey you can try using oil too, helps a ton with the clogging/loading. Your eraser trick is also a great solution. Once oiled the eraser wont work so well, gums up the eraser untill you erase the surface oil.
No u can't
@@AaronJohnson1979 cant what
@@difflocktwo you're not supposed to use oil on any ceramic stone
Spyderco recommends cleaning it with Comet and a SOS pad and water. Oil greatly reduces the performance of the stone on these particular stones the manufacturer does not recommend using oil
@@AaronJohnson1979 I found the opposite to be true. I can grind heavily and for a long time without clogging the stone as long as I use oil. If I don't use oil it's like I'm using the knife to paint the stone black and it glazes almost instantly.
Just ordered mine , hope its worth all the cash, i use a dmd pocket diamond and fine ceramic mainly for the ceramic, so i hope ther is a quality differnce in the ceramic anyway lol
Was it worth it? ;]
How much did that double stuff cost? I would love to have one. Ive been using my dads ceramic rod he had all dirty with metal, I’m sure he’d like it back now that I showed him how to clean it lol.
The doublestuff is kinda expensive at 30-40 bucks. The spyderco ceramic rods are $10 each. Ebay has some edge pro stones that are like $4 and at least the red 3000 grit one is ceramic. The doublestuff is an amazing stone but way overpriced. I love almost everything about it except the price.
Got to say, your forward stroke looks ok, but pulling towards yourself I can see your not always contacting the stone at the belly & tip. The lift and turn is not going through to finality as well as the forward stroke. I can see the shadow under the blade. ATB. Pete.
You may be right. My skills for sharpening the tip on certain knife shapes still needs improving. I think i might have even mentioned that in the video. I often will have to spend a little more time focusing on just the tip to get the edge to my satisfaction. i do a better job on the tip with my benchmade valet and spyderco delica and sage 3. I think the larger belly of the zt 0450n plays a role. I hardly ever sharpen the zt because i basically do not use it. Although 0450 blade looks nice, I am just not a big fan of the blade shape for edc use. The 940-1 on the other hand is a completely different story. I think the 940-1 may easily qualify as one of the top 3 production folding knives of all time. Thanks for the comment.
I'm just gonna get mine sharpened by a pro. I sharpen my EDCs under 100 bucks myself but everything above that is gonna be done by a pro. I have a CPM 125V and a CPM s35vn and a few more normal steels and those knives are too expensive and or difficult for me but thanks for the video.
Joonha Shcal if you can sharpen your cheaper knives you can sharpen s35vn too. It's only marginally more difficult. The same sharpening techniques apply.